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John Charles Black

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1895ID B000504
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 84 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 84 · both combined

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.9%with Democrats
of 84 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Feb 12, 1895H.R. 8767No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1894H.R. 8148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8148), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Dec 11, 1894H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1894H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1894H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1894H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1894H.R. 7273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 53rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
53rd · 1893
Democrat · House · IL53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JB

John Charles Black

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.9%with Democrats
of 84 votes · 13.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 84 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 84 votes86.9%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 84 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Democrat53rd–53rd

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